Every account you ever had, every post/comment you ever posted, now has your real name, a photo of you, and your address, all just magically show up on the webpage right next to each of your posts/comments (also, no “hacking” could hide the info). All deleted posts/comments are magically restored and nothing you do (short of permanently shutting down the website and physical destruction of the servers) can delete them. (Any edits would still show every change you made.) How fucked are you?

And don’t think about changing your name, or moving, all this info updates in real time. (for “magic” reason)

(You also cannot delete any future posts.)

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    6 minutes ago

    Meh. My real world would know what my digital world already knows, that I’m much more of a nerd than I portray myself as.

    It’s not because I purposefully hide it. It’s because it’s not a topic that is interesting to anyone in my real world circle of friends. I don’t have real world friends who want to talk about Linux, and Open Source, and retro-video games, and all of the other stuff that I ramble on about online in forums where the peeps who understand me all hang out.

    There’s probably some very surprising porn habits in there as well that my real world friends and family would have NO CLUE about, but c’est la vie.

  • kava@lemmy.world
    6·
    24 hours ago

    Not fucked. Of course I have some cringy stuff on MySpace from when I was in my early teens. But generally speaking, over the last two decades or so I don’t post anything I wouldn’t be OK with everyone finding out about

  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 day ago

    Meh. A whole bunch of cringe posts from twenty years ago will show how much I’ve grown since I was 19. Some more recent arguments I got tired of will rear their ugly heads. But I generally try to be the same person online as offline, and that person isn’t particularly controversial, at least around the circles I run in.

    But there would be a lot of people who would be in bodily danger.

  • Tattorack@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 day ago

    I’m not. My real, full name is already on certain web accounts right next to “Tattorack”, which is the online handle I use everywhere.

    Im not fucked because nobody gives a shit about me. If people actually start looking me up, it’ll probably create the most traffic to my art pages I’ve ever had.

  • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    1 day ago

    Let’s go mfer. I said some cringy shit on Facebook when I was a teenager but I’ll own up to em. Largely, I stand by my opinions, doesn’t matter if my name is attached to them or not, I say what I feel and what I feel doesn’t change based on whether I have a name tag on or not.

    I might find myself suddenly on some governmental lists of some interest, especially considering how vocally I have been speaking out against our incoming government, but other than that? I wear my past with pride. I’ll admit when I was wrong and stand by my opinions that still deserve them, and chuckle over some bad takes from the past, but I feel no shame in this arena.

    • Kaboom@reddthat.com
      81·
      2 days ago

      Absolutely same. I actually pretended to be a communist when I was in high school.

      Add in a few remarks on porn sites, I’m pretty sure I’d have to change my name, my face, and go live in Brazil or something

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    Not all that much, as I already use my real name. I tend to only post things that I believe in, and I’ve never really been one to hide my feelings from people.

  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee
    4·
    1 day ago

    I should be reasonably ok… I think. Sure, there were a few instances where I, uh… let the internet anonymity get to my head, and… used sarcasm. But it’s past me, I swear. Reckless acts of a younger man.

  • Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 day ago

    Noooo it was sooo difficult to find how to delete my Facebook account. With warnings like “people losing Facebook often loose their social life, are you really sure?”. And now my nearly empty page is back you say? Cringe.

    But I’m not fucked, I try to treat people online like I treat people in real life, like I want people to treat me. I’m not scared of a heated discussion but I prefer to stay civil. So if people want to look me up, that’s fine, I make great coffee.

    I only have issues with people who do not respect my boundaries so I prefer to keep them out of my life. But my mom already knows where I live, so still no harm done when my address is posted online.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        I worked with a John Smith who came from Chicago. He would joke about hiding from the mob. At least I think he was joking…